The Latest SHIELDS News & Events

We are proud and greatly impressed with how articulate and passionate our teens were in making of the video for Los Angeles Department of Public Health’s Teen Cannabis Use Prevention campaign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29LtpvMSgcc

“Bring Them All” featuring SHIELDS for Families’ family-centered approach to treatment and recovery Los Angeles, CA. (September 19, 2017) — SHIELDS for Families, a non-profit in South Central Los Angeles, is featured in a newly released national documentary “Bring Them All” to promote their family-centered approach to addiction treatment and recovery….a model that has success […]

NOTICE OF HIPAA BREACH Posted June 15, 2017 SHIELDS For Families was recently the victim of a theft of confidential documents. This theft involved the protected health information (PHI) of individuals who were residing in our Keith Village, Saraii Village, and Naomi Village programs in July of 2015. The PHI involved included names, programs attended, […]

SHIELDS is proud to present our new 12 to 20 Week Batterer’s Intervention Program beginning May 1, 2017. The new 12 to 20 Week Batterer’s Intervention Program is offered to Court, Probation, Parole, and Department of Children and Family Services client’s that are required to attend less than a 52 week program. We offer this […]

The Moyer Foundation’s Camp Mariposa Program Today the Addiction Policy Forum recognized Camp Mariposa, a program of The Moyer Foundation, for its innovative approach to serving children with family members struggling with addiction. The program is featured in the Focus on Innovation initiative, which highlights innovative programs across the country that contribute to a comprehensive strategy to […]

Year- end report For the past 6 years, Public Counsel and SHIELDS for Families have worked together to provide holistic services to some of the most vulnerable members of the South LA community. Three days per week, I provide direct legal services to SHIELDS’ participants on-site at the ASK program, located in Lynwood. I write […]

My name is Angelena Garcia and I am Research Assistant in the Healthy Start Department for SHIELDS for Families. I recently celebrated my Third year in active recovery. My life prior to SHIELDS can best be described as a dramatic tornado. I was never taught coping skills to survive. As I was growing up I […]

“Child Welfare, Should more be done to protect children? “ about an in-depth look at child welfare concerns, and issues in America, by the author, Christina L. Lyons of the CQ Press. In researching for this article Ms. Lyons interview SHIELDS for Families, CEO, Dr. Kathy Icenhower. Dr. Icenhower, an expert in child, and family […]

This has been a difficult few weeks and I have struggled with my own emotions and what I should/can do as the CEO of SHIELDS to show our solidarity with those who are standing up to say BLACK LIVES MATTER and ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. In the past year, 559 Black men and women have been […]